Improvement in fruit-box holders



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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERR. H. TULLIS, OF EAST FAIRFIELD, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT-Box HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,103, dated August11, 1874; application filed May 26, 1874.

To all whom it may concer/n.:

Be it known that I, ERR. H. TULLIs, of East Fairfield, in the county ofColumbiana and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Holder forFruit-Boxes, 8vo.; and that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon7 making a partof this specification.

This invention has for its object a device for suspending fruit-boxes,Snc., about the person when the fruit is being gathered 5 and theinvention consists in a metallic suspending device, constructed andarranged in the manner hereinafter described.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure l is an end view of myinvention, having fruit-box fitted therein; ,Fig 2 a side view, and Fig.3 a plan wiew of same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several gures.

A represents a fruit-box, which may be of any suitable size, form, andmaterial. This box is supported` by a wire frame-work, B, which is soformed as to hold the box firmly in position. This is accomplished bybending the wire so as to form stops a. b, which prevent the box fromslipping out, either backward or forward, and also stops c and d, whichprevent the box from slipping out sidewise, and also forming the ears ef, which rest on the edge of the box and prevent it from slippingupward, and at the same time clamp the box within the frame. The bottomand ears of the frame-work B are so constructed as to adapt themselvesto a great.

ons connection between the projections and brace, and are made bybending the wire into proper shape. To the ears 'i is secured a cord, D.Y

My holder being constructed substantially as above described, it isoperated by simply placing the box or other receptacle so that the stopsct b will come one before and one behind the bottom of the same, and thestops c and d one on each of its sides, and the ears e f resting on itsupper edge. In this posi-V tion the receptacle is held fast. The cord Dis passed around the waist of the wearer, and its loose end, which isprovided with a series of knots, j, is secured to the wire-guard O byslipping it into one of the ears i, in which position it is retainedby,` the knot j; and the guard O, resting against the person of thepicker, keeps the box free from contact with him, in which position thereceptacle hangs perpendicularly from the guard, by reason of the linkedjoints Z, which allow it to accommodate itself to, and maintain underall oircumstances, an upright position, a series of knots, j, being madein the end of the string to adapt it to the size of the person.

From the foregoing description of my holder it will be seen that a boxor basket may be securely and expeditiously attached to the person ofthe picker, and as readily detached, while both of his hands are leftfreefor picking, and at the same time the box is not liable to beoverturned by any unforeseen accident, since the holder is soconstructed as to allow it to maintain its upright condition underalmost all circumstances.

This fruit-box holder, when made of large size, may have ears formed bycontinuing the ends of the projection back toward the shoulders of thewearer, to which a cord may be attached, to be passed around the neck.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The hereinbeforedescribed holder for fruitgatherers receptacles,consisting of the stops a, b, c, and d, and the ears e f, in combinationwith the guard (l and cord D.

ERR. H. TULLIS.

Witnesses:

CLEMENT V. CROW, H. L. WATTENBERG.

